Sanan arbitrary käännös englanti-suomi

mielivaltainenTämä sisäistä turvallisuutta koskeva laki on mielivaltainen laki. This Internal Security Act is an arbitrary law. Tämä on mielivaltainen, julma ja vainoharhainen järjestelmä. This is an arbitrary, brutal and paranoid regime. Ensimmäinen peruste: luku on mielivaltainen. My first argument is that it is an arbitrary figure.
omavaltainenAinoastaan siten voidaan estää valtioiden omavaltainen toiminta homeopaattisten lääkkeiden tunnustamisessa. This alone can prevent countries from exercising arbitrary power as regards the recognition of homeopathic remedies.

satunnainenÄänioikeuden riistäneen, epäoikeudenmukaisen kommunistisen diktatuurin yksiselitteinen tuomitseminen ei ole meille satunnainen poliittinen mielipide vaan ennen kaikkea moraalinen kysymys. It is no arbitrary party political option but above all a moral question for us to condemn unambiguously the disenfranchising, oppressive Communist dictatorship.
umpimähkäinenUmpimähkäinen ero suvun jatkamiseen liittyvän ja muun kloonauksen välillä on semanttinen temppu. The arbitrary distinction between reproductive and non-reproductive cloning is semantic sleight of hand. Nykyinen järjestelmä on raskas ja umpimähkäinen, kuten seuraavaksi käsiteltävä Mulderin mietintö osoittaa. The present system is unwieldy and arbitrary, as is shown in the report by Jan Mulder, which we are to discuss next.

Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random
Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed
Any, out of all that are possible
Determined by independent arbiter
Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee

Benjamin Franklins designation of "positive" and "negative" to different charges was arbitrary
The decision to use 18 years as the legal age of adulthood was arbitrary, as both age 17 and 19 were reasonable alternatives
The equation is true for an arbitrary value of x

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